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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Naticoidea: Naticidae

Sinum minus (Dall, 1889)


Range: 27.97°N to 23.22°N; 94.67°W to 80.06°W
Depth: 64 to 154 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Details


Sigaretus minor Dall, 1889a, p. 297
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Sombrero [Florida Keys], 54 fms.; Blake sta. 36, 84 fms.; USFC sta. 2648, off Cape Florida, 84 fms.
Range: 27.97°N to 23.22°N; 94.67°W to 80.06°W
Depth: 64 to 154 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank
References: Dall (1889a) DSE; Kaicher (1975b) T; Odé (1982b) dM; HMNS NW
Comments: Contrary to the statement in Malacolog 3.2.4, Kaicher (1975b: 792) did not select a lectotype by inferring a holotype; Dall cited several localities, so he had more than one specimen (ICZN Article 74.6).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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